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TIL 1 inch of rain equals approximately 12 inches of snow

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78OWP TIL in 1981, 10% of taxis in New York City were imported Peugeot 505 diesels.
jNVLa TIL that leaders of the Black Panther Party were "neutralized" (murdered, imprisoned, publicly humiliated or falsely charged with crimes) by COINTELPRO, a series of illegal FBI operations.
7pxx TIL that at the age of 62, Wisdom the Albatross is the oldest known wild bird. Wisdom still circumnavigates the Pacific annually and just hatched her 30th child (at least) on Midway Atoll. Wisdom has flown 2 to 3 million miles since 1956. That’s equivalent to 4 to 6 trips to the Moon and back.
wjrW TIL that about Oberto Airaudi, who secretly dug a cave beneath his unassuming house, extracting 300,000 ft^3 of rock to house 7 intricate temples!
nyD9 TIL that Disney almost made a Toy Story 3 without Pixar’s involvement. The story involved Buzz Lightyear toys being recalled for manufacturing defects and being shipped off to Taiwan. The film was almost in production stages before being scrapped by Pixar.